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Testimony of Moshe Vegner, born in 1923 in Mihaileni, Romania, about his experiences in the Mogilev Podolski ghetto, in Dorohoi, immigration to Eretz Israel via Istanbul in 1944, and more

Testimony

Testimony of Moshe Vegner, born in 1923 in Mihaileni, Romania, about his experiences in the Mogilev Podolski ghetto, in Dorohoi, immigration to Eretz Israel via Istanbul in 1944, and more Life before the war, membership in the Hanoar Hazioni youth movement; Soviet occupation ensues in 1940; antisemitism in Dorohoi; arrest of rabbi in Mihaileni; synagogue is searched; arrest of brother in 1940; German-Soviet war breaks out; evacuation of Dorohoi in 1940; witness sent to forced labor in Atachi; deportation by ferry to Mogilev Podolski ghetto; life in an open ghetto; given shelter in a synagogue; life in...

File Number : 13475

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Romania - Ministry of the Interior - Passports Office, 1940-1944

Type of Material : רשימת מהגרים, List of Names, Official Documentation

Language : Hebrew, Romanian

Testimony of Naftali Kallos; born in Ceica, 1917, regarding his experiences in Margareten, the Romanian Army in Moldova, forced labor in Carpathian Ruthenia, Lucaretz Camp and escape to Bucharest

Testimony

Testimony of Naftali Kallos; born in Ceica, 1917, regarding his experiences in Margareten, the Romanian Army in Moldova, forced labor in Carpathian Ruthenia, Lucaretz Camp and escape to Bucharest Childhood and education in Margareten; the family earned a living from producing textiles and making cheeses. Outbreak of the war and recruitment to the Romanian Army for a year serving in Moldova near Iasi; persecution by the fascist police, November 1940; confiscation of Jewish owned property; burning of the synagogue; escape of the family to Arad and during the summer of 1941 to Timisoara; Jews are thrown out...

File Number : 11278

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony

Testimony of Zippora (Avraham) Israel, born in Barkasovo, Hungary, 1928, regarding her experiences with a false identity in Debrecen, Nádudvar, detention in Arad, a political prisoners camp in Târgu -Jiu and other places Life before the war; community life; move to Budapest, 1943; membership in Dror Habonim youth movement. German occupation; obtains Aryan papers; move to Debrecen; interrogation by Hungarian policemen; move to Nádudvar; move to Romania; interrogation by the Romanian police; detention in Arad; release; life with a Jewish family; deportation to a political prisoners camp in Târgu -Jiu;...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Tsipora (Abraham) Israely, born in Barkasovo, 1928, regarding her experiences in Debrecen, Budapest, prison in Arad and a camp in Targu-Jiu

Testimony

Testimony of Tsipora (Abraham) Israely, born in Barkasovo, 1928, regarding her experiences in Debrecen, Budapest, prison in Arad and a camp in Targu-Jiu Life before the war. Escape to Budapest; membership in Habonim youth movement; escape to Debrecen with forged documents; detention for investigation by the Hungarian police; escape to Romania; detention in a Arad prison and release; living with a Jewish family and an additional detention in prison; deportation to a political criminals' camp in Targu-Jiu; liberation by the Red Army, September 1944. Life with a Sephardi Jewish family in Targu-Jiu; move...

File Number : 10728

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Salomon Schwaezar, born in Stanislawow, 1916, regarding his experiences in the Stanislawow and Stryj Ghettos, and escape to Hungary

Testimony

Testimony of Salomon Schwaezar, born in Stanislawow, 1916, regarding his experiences in the Stanislawow and Stryj Ghettos and escape to Hungary Jewish community of Stanislawow, 1939-1941. Life under Soviet rule; entry of the Germans, 1941; "Aktion" in Stanislawow, 15 December 1941; transfer to ghetto, construction of bunker; liquidation of ghetto, 1943; escape to Stryj Ghetto; ghetto life until its liquidation; escape to Budapest via Munkacs; help from the Polish consulate; stay in Harszagczonad near Baja; escape to Arad via Klausenburg after German entry into Hungary, 1944; capture by Romanians and sent...

File Number : 10561

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Mordechai (Max Rabinovici) Ben Chorin, born in Ploesti, Romania, 1921, regarding his experiences in Ploesti and as a forced laborer for the Romanian Army

Testimony

Testimony of Mordechai (Max Rabinovici) Ben Chorin, born in Ploesti, Romania, 1921, regarding his experiences in Ploesti and as a forced laborer for the Romanian Army The Jewish community of Ploesti; activities in the Beitar youth movement. Arrest by the Romanians, 1941; deportation to forced labor for the Romanian Army in the areas of Gaest, next to Pitesti, and Galati then in Bessarabia in the areas of Braila Cubei, Cairaclia and Janka; his labor there; liberation, 1944. Contact with the aliya office in Bucharest; travel from Constanta until Istanbul in the "Salah-a-Din" ship, and from there by train...

File Number : 10422

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Celina Stiel, born in Krakow, Poland, 1925, regarding her experiences in the Slotwinka Brzesko Ghetto, Bochnia Ghetto, Budapest and Bucharest

Testimony

Testimony of Celina Stiel, born in Krakow, Poland, 1925, regarding her experiences in the Slotwinka Brzesko Ghetto, Bochnia Ghetto, Budapest and Bucharest Life before the war including activities in the Hebrew Scouts movement. Outbreak of the war; escape of her father to Lwow; life under German occupation; escape to Slotwinka Brzesko; attempt to find a hiding place; establishment of a ghetto, 1942; "Aktions" and attempts to escape; escape to the Bochnia Ghetto, autumn 1942; ghetto life; escape to Slovakia via Jordanov to Kosice with the help of a female Christian acquaintance, November 1943; escape to...

File Number : 7549

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Sarah Ben-Dov née Gottherr, born in 1926 in Hunyad, Romania, about her experiences in Brașov and Bucharest

Testimony

Testimony of Sarah Ben-Dov née Gottherr, born in 1926 in Hunyad, Romania, about her experiences in Brașov and Bucharest Early childhood in Tășnad Blaja; Orthodox family; lives with paternal grandparents in Hunyad for a year; moves with family to Brașov; attends a Jewish Zionist school; attends a Romanian elementary school; belongs to the Hanoar Hazioni movement; German occupation ensues; studies terminated; good relations with neighbors; representatives of German bureaucracy; takes vocational studies and helps to support the family; liberation by Red Army forces in August 1943; travels to Budapest in order...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew